Voice Compare: Aladdin - Genie | Behind The Voice Actors Franchise: Aladdin In 1992 Walt Disney released an animated film called Aladdin that would become the most successful film for that year. One of the huge selling points was that Robin Williams would voice the Genie. Williams worked for SAG scale pay on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and the Genie wouldn't take more than 25% of space on any advertising artwork. Williams main reason for doing the role was gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam. The studio however did not meet these requests and Williams and Disney had a falling-out. For Aladdin: The Return of Jafar in 1994, Genie was voiced by well known voice actor Dan Castellaneta who is perhaps best known as the voice of Homer Simpson. Castellaneta also provides the voice of Genie for the Aladdin TV series and the Kingdom Hearts video game series. When certain individuals were fired from Disney and new people were hired, it was a fresh start to fix the rift between Robin Williams and Disney.

After a public apology Williams forgave Disney and agreed to reprise the role of Genie for the third film Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Dan Castellaneta who had previously recorded dialogue for the film had his work redone by Robin Williams. Genie of Aladdin will forever be a significant role that changed the voice acting business. The success of Aladdin was one of many films that eventually started a trend of famous Hollywood celebrities as the stars of an animated film rather than using performers with more experience in voice acting. With better potential box office success and good tools for marketing, the use of well known stars working in animation has greatly increased in the 21rst century. Whether you agree or not with this growing sensation where A-List celebrities are hired over more qualified voice actors for animated films probably originated from this character. Created by Jackson_H on Dec 2 2009 Special thanks to Music Meister for additional sound clips.

Aladdin (1992 film) | Japanese Anime Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The story takes place in the mystical city of Agrabah, which is based mainly on the medieval city of Baghdad, the home of the 1001 Arabian Nights, and there are some inconsistencies in the time period. The sultan (who is never given a name) of Agrabah is secretly being controlled by his grand vizier, Jafar. Jafar, who is also a sorcerer, is wanting to be the sultan himself and rule Agrabah; to further his goals, he has spent years searching for the Cave of Wonders, so he can harness the magical mystical power of the genie of the lamp found within. However, Jafar discovers that only one person, a metaphorical "Diamond in the Rough", can enter the cave, or anyone accompanied by that person. The sultan, meanwhile, is having problems with finding a prince for his daughter, Princess Jasmine, to marry. By mesmerizing him with his magical snake staff, Jafar convinces the sultan that Jafar needs the sultan's ring to find Jasmine a husband.

Jafar actually needs the ring to discover the identity of the "Diamond in the Rough." Jasmine, who does not want to be married off, decides to run away disguised as a peasant girl. In the anarchy of the streets, she is saved by a street rat named Aladdin, though she doesn't learn his name. Meanwhile, Jafar discovers that Aladdin is the "Diamond in the Rough", and he sends palace guards to "capture the street rat." When Jasmine asks what happened to her savior, Jafar lies to Jasmine by saying he had been executed at dawn for "kidnapping the princess." Later, Jafar, disguised as an old man, shows Aladdin a hidden passageway out of the dungeon to free and take him to the Cave of Wonders. Jafar tells Aladdin that if he brings back the lamp, he will be rewarded. The Cave's tiger-shaped head allows Aladdin to enter, but he can only touch the lamp. Inside the Cave, Aladdin successfully finds the lamp, but his pet monkey, Abu, loses control and attempts to take a jewel, causing the cave to melt around them. Aladdin and Abu manage to escape with the aid of a flying carpet named Carpet.

Upon his escape, Aladdin hands Jafar the lamp, and Jafar decides to give him his "eternal reward", preparing to attack with his dagger. Abu saves Aladdin by biting Jafar's arm, and Abu and Aladdin fall back into the cave as it closes. Aladdin, Abu and Carpet are all trapped inside the Cave of Wonders. Jafar discovers, to his dismay, that Abu got the lamp from him before they disappeared. Aladdin discovers that the lamp is home to an eccentric, fun-loving genie (simply named "Genie"), who will grant him any three wishes, excluding wishes to force a person to fall in love, to kill someone, to bring someone back from the dead, or to give his master extra wishes. Aladdin tricks Genie into getting them out of the cave, without technically wishing for him to do so. Once out of the cave, Aladdin gets to know Genie, and asks him what he would wish for if he had the chance; Genie says he'd wish for freedom, but that can only be granted if his master is benevolent enough to free him with a wish. Aladdin promises to set Genie free with his last wish.

Aladdin, who has fallen in love with Princess Jasmine, is disappointed that he can't wish to make her fall in love with him. However, the law states that only a prince can marry a princess, so he wishes to become a prince. Meanwhile, Jafar, who is worried that the princess might have him beheaded as punishment for supposedly having Aladdin executed, comes up with the idea to convince the sultan to let him become her husband with the help of his parrot, Iago . He later tries to mesmerize the sultan into granting this request with his staff, but is interrupted when the sultan is startled by the noise from Aladdin's approaching consort. As "Prince Ali Ababwa", Aladdin returns to Agrabah and, although offending Jasmine by appearing as another typical rich and self-important prince, eventually wins Jasmine's love by taking her on a romantic ride on the flying carpet. Afterwards, the carpet takes them to China and Jasmine tricks Aladdin into admitting he's the street rat she met in the marketplace.

Aladdin naturally wishes to impress her, so he lies to her by telling her that he really is a prince and had just pretended be a commoner in order to escape the restrictions of palace life, much like what Jasmine did. Jafar, who is afraid that "Prince Abooboo", as he incorrectly calls him, may win Princess Jasmine over, ruining his own evil plans to marry her, orders Aladdin out of the way. He orders the guards to have Aladdin gagged with a white hankercheif and tied up in metal manacles (which is not a problem, as Razoul , the chief guard, is plagued with a lust for killing). He tells him that he has "worn out his welcome," and a guard hits Aladdin over the head, knocking him unconscious. The gurads then drop Aladdin over a cliff into the sea. They have attached to his ankles a large metal ball-and-chain to his ankles, so that he sinks quickly. He hits the bottom, and his turban floats down. The lamp tumbles out and he begins to struggle towards it (which is difficult as the ball-and-chain attached to his ankles pulls him back), but passes out from the lack of oxygen before he can reach it.

Aladdin, bound and gagged, slides down towards the lamp, and rolls over, causing it to rub against his fingers. Genie appears, and saves Aladdin, using up his second wish. Aladdin and Genie return to the palace and Aladdin confronts Jafar over having him almost killed. Jafar uses his staff to try to convince the sultan that Aladdin is lying, but Aladdin, seeing what he is doing, grabs the staff and shatters it. He then shows the sultan that Jafar has been controlling him and plotting against him. The Sultan calls for the guards to arrest Jafar, but Jafar manages to escape, and, before doing so, sees the lamp in Aladdin's possession. The Sultan is convinced that his troubles are over as Jasmine has finally chosen a suitor. All seems well, but the weight of his future responsibilities begins to distress Aladdin. He begins to consider going back on his promise to free Genie so he can keep a wish in reserve, which severely offends the spirit. Chastened, Aladdin decides to tell Jasmine the whole truth of the matter.

Unfortunately, Aladdin leaves the lamp in his chamber and Jafar sends Iago to steal it. With the lamp in hand, Jafar becomes Genie's next master, giving him three wishes. His First wish was to become sultan. When the former Sultan and Jasmine refuse to bow to him, he wishes to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world. With his new powers, Jafar forces them to bow to him. Jafar then uses his magic to reveal that "Prince Ali" is merely the street rat Aladdin, and after Jafar slaps Aladdin in the face, he banishes him to "the ends of the earth", in one of the palace towers. "The ends of the earth" appear to be Antarctica, the mountains of Austria, the Arctic or possibly the Himalayas. Luckily, Abu and Carpet were banished with him, and Aladdin is able to fly back to Agrabah, with the intent of reclaiming the lamp. Meanwhile Jafar, who is angry that Jasmine does not wish to become his queen, makes a wish for Genie to cause her to fall in love with him.

Genie tries to tell him that he cannot grant that wish, but Jafar does not listen. Jasmine, who sees Aladdin sneaking into the palace, pretends that the wish has taken effect, much to Genie's surprise, in order to distract Jafar. She even goes so far as to kiss him, causing Aladdin, Abu, the Genie and even Iago to blanche. At first it seems to be working; Jafar, however, sees Aladdin's reflection in Jasmine's crown and confronts him before he can reach the lamp. Jafar uses magic to imprison or transfigure all the good characters other than Aladdin himself so they cannot steal the lamp back. Jafar eventually turns himself into a giant cobra and fights Aladdin. When Aladdin appears to be defeated, Jafar tells Aladdin he was a fool for thinking he could defeat "the most powerful being on earth." Aladdin reminds Jafar he is not the most powerful being on earth and that that honor belongs to Genie, since he gave Jafar his power in the first place. Jafar decides to use his final wish to become the most powerful genie in the world.

Jafar is at first convinced that his new powers will allow him to rule the universe, but he realizes too late that Aladdin tricked him, since as a genie, Jafar is no longer free. Jafar is imprisoned in his own lamp along with Iago. Genie sends them to the Cave of Wonders. Of course, Aladdin is now no longer a prince and is not eligible to marry Jasmine. Genie insists that Aladdin use his final wish to make himself a prince again, but nevertheless, he keeps his promise and wishes for Genie's freedom. When all seems lost for Aladdin and Jasmine, the sultan decides that, between his loyalty to Genie and his courage in defeating Jafar, Aladdin has proven his worth; the sultan therefore changes the law so that "the princess shall marry anyone she deems worthy" meaning Aladdin and Jasmine can be married. Genie flies away to see the world while the happy couple begin their new life together. English Voice cast Edit When Rajah changes back to his normal self, his head turns into Mickey Mouse's for a split second. Seven different video games based on the movie were produced.

Each one released for the Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (later ported to the Game Boy Advance), Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Sony PlayStation. The PlayStation version is actually an alternate sequel to the film, telling a whole new story compared to the theatrical release or either of its direct-to-video siblings. Robin Williams, the voice of the Genie, also voiced the Merchant. This is because the Merchant was originally supposed to return at the end singing a reprise of the opening song "Arabian Nights", revealing that he himself was at one time the Genie but had transformed into a human. This was changed during production and the Merchant only reappeared at the end of Aladdin and the King of Thieves, singing the "Arabian Nights" reprise that had already been recorded for the original movie. The Genie of the Magic Lamp (played voice of Han Conried) in the 1981 movie 1001 Arabian Nights. The genie's appearance is similar to that of the genie in the 1940 movie, The Thief of Bagdad.

That film's villain, an evil vizier named Jafar, is virtually the same character as Jafar in Aladdin -- from his appearance to his manner of speaking to his actions (bewitching the sultan, wooing the princess so he can become sultan himself). The film also features a human sidekick named Abu. Some of the original songs before the story was rewritten and half of the characters were cut: "Proud of Your Boy" (supposed to be sung by Aladdin to his mother [who was later removed from the story] while she was sleeping), "Call Me A Princess", "Why Me", "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim", "Humiliate The Boy" (sung by Jafar, cut as it was considered too cruel for the film), "High Adventure", and "Count on Me" (which was something Aladdin sung to his friends and family), which was changed to "A Whole New World". Rough versions of "High Adventure" and "Proud of Your Boy" can be found in the Special Edition Soundtrack. "Why Me" was recorded in the studio with Jonathan Freeman and can be found on the compilation album Aladdin: Magical Selections.

Vocal doubles were used for the singing voices of the three major characters--Brad Kane for Scott Weinger (Aladdin),Lea Salonga for Linda Larkin (Jasmine), and Bruce Adler for Robin Williams (The Merchant), although Williams did do his own singing voice for the Genie. In 2003,Disney's California Adventure opened "Aladdin--A Musical Spectacular," a stage show based on the movie. The show has been quite popular due to the fact that while roughly 90% of it is scripted, the dialogue of the Genie constantly changes to reflect popular culture of the time. The show also carries an additional song by Jasmine that was cut from the movie "To Be Free." While in this film, the Genie only transforms twice into another Disney character; throughout the entire trilogy, he performs such transformations 12 times (not counting a second appearance as Jafar). In The Story of Prince Ahmed and Periebanou, a story found in the 1001 Arabian Nights, "Prince Ali" is the name of a brother of Prince Ahmed, the hero of the story.

It has been said that Bill Plympton was originally considered to animate the Genie, as his animated shorts tend to feature many transformations. The Prince bitten by Rajah at the start of the film is addressed by the Sultan as Prince Achmed. Possibly a reference to the 1926 animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed. The animated character of Aladdin was originally designed based on actor Michael J. Fox but during production it was decided that he wasn't "appealing enough" and they decided to draw to instead resemble actor Tom Cruise. Aladdin was one of the American Film Institute's 500 nominees for the 100 Funniest American Movies, but it did not make the final list. This is the first Disney movie to mention Allah or any other religious figure outside of Christianity. Plans were to re-release this movie in theaters in Fall 1998 and Spring 2004. all information on Aladdin (1992 film) came from Allusions As with many Disney animated films, there are several references to the company's previous productions: The Genie's head briefly turns into that of Pinocchio.

The Genie pulls Sebastian (from The Little Mermaid out of a recipe book as the first few notes of Under The Sea are played). Beast, from Beauty and The Beast, can be seen among the stack of the Sultan's toy figurines. Genie dons a Goofy holler hat before leaving on his vacation. Genie's appearance during the "phenomenal cosmic power" scene and Jafar's appearance as a genie are similar to that of the genie in the Walt Disney educational work Our Friend the Atom. 'Aladdin' Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney (Exclusive) | Hollywood Reporter 3:16pm PT by Borys Kit 'Aladdin' Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney (Exclusive) Photofest/Alex Ardenti 'Aladdin'; Inset: Damian Shannon and Mark Swift If you've ever wondered how the Genie got into that lamp in the first place ... Disney is going back to the world of Aladdin, its 1992 animated classic, with a live-action prequel. The studio is developing Genies, a live-action comedy adventure that is being written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.

Tripp Vinson is on board to produce via his Vinson Films banner. Aladdin is a centuries-old Arabic folk tale that got the animated Disney treatment in 1992 in a film featuring Robin Williams as the voice of the blue-skinned Genie. The movie tells the story of Aladdin, a street urchin who finds a lamp that unleashes a Genie who grants him three wishes. A love interest and a sorcerer also figure into the proceedings. The new project would focus on the realm of the Genies and reveal how Aladdin's Genie ended up enslaved in the lamp. Although Genies is only in the early stages of development, the long-term plan is to have the project lead into an Aladdin live-action movie. Vinson, an exec producer on this summer’s hit San Andreas, is producing Bob the Musical, Disney’s music-inclined comedy which Michel Hazanavicius is directing, as well as Prince Charming, also for the studio. Shannon and Swift made their mark early working on horror movies such as Freddy vs. Jason and the Friday the 13th remake.

But they segued into comedy, working most recently on the Baywatch movie project and O’Lucky Day, which has Peter Dinklage attached, both at Paramount. The duo are repped by UTA and attorney Jeff Frankel at McKuin Frankel. Borys Kit My DVD Collection - Aladdin - Plot, Controversy, Trivia Gross $217,350,219 (USA) Aladdin is the thirty-first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released on November 25, 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. It relates a version of the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. As is usual with Disney film adaptations, many aspects of the traditional story were changed for the movie. It was released at the peak strech of the Disney renaissance era beginning with The Little Mermaid and ending with The Lion King. It was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and songs were by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (with additional lyrics provided by Tim Rice after Ashman's death).

Menken received the 1992 Academy Award for Original Music Score of Aladdin. The main soundtrack song "A Whole New World" (sung during the closing credits by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle) won a Grammy Award as well as the Academy Award for Best Song in 1993. Voice actors included Robin Williams as the Genie. In fact, this was the first major American animated feature film in which particular attention was paid to a celebrity cast member, such as a major movie star, in the film as part of its promotion. This has led to a subsequent increased attention to the casts of later productions, such as Toy Story and Shrek, as a major element of animated film marketing. Aladdin was followed by two direct-to-video sequels: The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and an animated television series, Aladdin, set between the two sequels. Controversy One of the verses of the opening song "Arabian Nights" was censored because of political sensitivity.

Following protests from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, (ADC) the lyrics were changed in July 1993 from "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home," in the original release to "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home." The new change was seen on the 1993 video release of this title. The original lyric was intact on the initial CD soundtrack release that predated the movie's theatrical release and subsequent protests. The soundtrack was re-released at the time of the DVD release of the film; on the re-released soundtrack, the edited lyric is used. It is rumored that during a scene in the film, Aladdin whispers "good teenagers, take off your clothes." According to Snopes, Aladdin actually says "good kitty" to Rajah the tiger, only to have a second voice say "take off your clo...." This dialogue is edited in the DVD version, lessening the chance of misunderstanding. Other Disney films have alleged subtle sexual references.

Trivia Some of the Genie's imitations were cut from the film, including John Wayne, George Bush and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Robin Williams provided the voice for the Genie, at union scale rate (the lowest legal pay rate a studio can give an actor), on the provisos that his voice was not used for merchandising (i.e. toys and such) and that the Genie character not take up more than 25% of the space of a poster, ad, billboard, or trailer. When these wishes were not granted, he withdrew his support for Disney and the film. As a result, his name was not included in "The Art of Aladdin" book (it makes constant references to "the voice of the Genie"), and he was not available for the direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar (1994) (V) or the "Aladdin" (1994) TV show (Dan Castellaneta filled in as the voice of the Genie for these productions). In an attempt to get back on good terms with Robin Williams, Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner apologized to Robin Williams with a peace offering of an original Pablo Picasso painting.

Still angered and betrayed by Disney, Robin Williams would not accept the gift. It was not until Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired and a new producer hired did Robin Williams return to Disney. Through this new producer, a public apology was given (by the producer). Promises were made to right wrongs, and Robin Williams was so touched that he came back as the Genie for the second direct-to-video sequel, Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) (V). Disney was so thrilled that they threw out the previously completed recording sessions with Dan Castellaneta. In early visual development, Aladdin resembled Michael J. Fox. As the film developed, Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't think Aladdin had enough appeal to women, so he asked that Aladdin be beefed up a bit to resemble Tom Cruise. Jasmine's appearance was influenced by Jennifer Connelly, as well as the sister of her animator, Mark Henn. The stack of wooden toy animals that Jasmine's father plays with is sitting on a toy of the Beast from Beauty and the Beast (1991), another Disney animated movie.

Sebastian from The Little Mermaid (1989) and Pinocchio (1940) can also be spotted. When the Genie changes Abu into a car, the license plate reads "ABU 1". The two men in the crowd that Aladdin pushes through are caricatures of a couple of the directors (John Musker and Ron Clements); the original plan was to use film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, but they couldn't get permission. A rumor circulated in late 2001 that during Aladdin's balcony scene he says, "Take off your clothes." He is talking to Raja at the time, and his exact words are, "Nice kitty, take off and go, go on." This has been cut in the DVD version. The idea of adapting the Aladdin story as a Disney animated musical was first proposed by Howard Ashman in 1988 at the time that he and Alan Menken were still working on The Little Mermaid (1989) and before work had begun on Beauty and the Beast (1991). Howard Ashman wrote an initial treatment for the project and collaborated on six songs with Alan Menken.

When John Musker and Ron Clements finished directing duties on The Little Mermaid (1989), they turned their attention to writing a first draft of the Aladdin (1992) script, and became eventually directors for it. In the first draft, Aladdin had three friends (Babkak, Omar, and Kassim), a magic ring and two genies. Some of the original songs before the story was rewritten and half of the characters were cut: "Proud of Your Boy" (suppose to be sung by Aladdin to his mother (later removed from the story) while she was sleeping) "Call Me A Princess" "Omar, Babkak, Aladdin, Kassim" "Humiliate The Boy" (sung by Jafar, cut as it was considered too cruel for the film) "High Adventure" "Count on Me" (which was something Aladdin sung to his friends and family, then it was changed to "A Whole New World") When Aladdin puts Jafar back into the lamp, the spell on the other characters is broken - the Magic Carpet gets returned to normal, and Jasmine's dress turns back from red to blue.

Start watching when Jasmine's tiger cub jumps into the Sultan's arms. When the cub hits his arms and starts to grow back into a tiger, just before he becomes normal, the tiger's face appears as Mickey Mouse for one frame. Not only is the plot similar to The Thief of Bagdad (1940) but character names Jafar (Jaffar) and Abu were apparently borrowed from the 1939 script by Lajos Biró. The characters in the silent original, The Thief of Bagdad (1924) were not given names. In the original folktale, Aladdin is actually Chinese. During the course of recording the voices, Robin Williams improvised so much they had almost 16 hours of material. Andreas Deja based Jafar on Marc Davis's design for Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty (1959). The two villains share more than just looks: both carry a staff which they use to execute evil magic; both have bird henchman (Maleficent's is a raven, Jafar's a parrot), and both turn themselves into gigantic animals in their respective films - Maleficent as a dragon, Jafar as a snake.

Bill Plympton turned down a seven-figure offer to work on this film, because any ideas and concepts he developed for his other projects while under contract with Disney would become their intellectual property. While filming this movie, Robin Williams frequently received calls from Steven Spielberg who at the time was working on Schindler's List (1993). He would put him on speaker phone so he could tell jokes to the cast and crew to cheer them up. Some of the material that he used was material that he was using for this film. Originally, the peddler who introduces the movie would be revealed to be the Genie at the end - hence the fact that Robin Williams voiced him, too. Notice the similarities in the design of the two, especially the eyebrows, the beard and the four-fingered hands. (All the other human characters have five fingers.) Jafar at first was more hot-tempered, while Iago was a cool, haughty British type. The filmakers felt that having Jafar losing his temper too much made him less menacing, so the personalities of the two characters were switched around. Production designer Richard Vander Wende devised a simple color scheme for the film, inspired by its desert setting.

Blue (water) stands for good, red (heat) for evil, and yellow (sand) is neutral. For example, the villainous Jafar is clad in blacks and reds, while the virtuous Jasmine wears blue. Another example is in the Cave of Wonders, where the lamp's chamber is blue, and the ruby that tempts Abu is bright red. The fire walker in the "One Jump Ahead" number is a caricature of T. Hee, a former Disney story man who later taught caricature at CalArts, where many of the film's artists studied. Crazy Hakim, the "discount fertilizer" salesman in the opening chase, is a caricature of animator Tom Sito. Whenever Aladdin tells a lie, the plume on his hat falls and covers his face. The fireworks seen at the end of the film are reused special effects from The Rescuers (1977). When Howard Ashman began work on the movie, he developed the story as a fast-paced comic adventure about a young boy trying to prove his worth to his parents. But, in 1991, Ashman died, and the story problems stalled the movie.

So, the plot was reworked to be about a teenager, Aladdin, seeking self-respect instead of the approval of others. In the original recording for the opening song "Arabian Nights", part of the song originally went "where they cut off your ear, if they don't like your face". It was only until after they finished recording that they realized that this would be too unsuitable, so they re-recorded just those two lines, so it became: "where it's flat and immense, and the heat is intense". If you listen closely, you can hear a distinct vocal change when he sings: "it's barbaric, but hey it's home! Genie (Aladdin) | Moviepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit An earlier draft of the script for the original movie had the Genie becoming human at the end, and becoming the shopkeeper/narrator from the beginning of the movie (also voiced by Robin Williams). This idea was canceled when it became clear that potential sequels were more viable with the Genie character intact. However, during the scene where Aladdin was introduced as a prince, Genie had turned into a human-like form.

The Genie's gold bracelets were used in the first movie as a symbol of his enslavement to the lamp, serving as his shackles which fell off upon his release (similarly, when Jafar is turned into a Genie it is the appearance of his own gold armbands that apparently bind him to his own lamp). Despite this, Genie is shown to be wearing his gold armbands (or similar ones) in every subsequent appearance, with the exception of the Return of Aladdin mini-series published by Disney Comics. However, in one episode of the Aladdin series, he commented that, "The only thing I'm a slave to is fashion" when asked about this. In addition to the bracelets, his gaseous "tail" was shown to be a symbol of his imprisonment as well, a constant connection to his lamp, as such, he constantly appears with feet in the subsequent movies, although the tail does return occasionally, usually when he is flying. Genie also appears at some of the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character. He is less common than Aladdin or Jasmine, but he's more frequent than Jafar and Abu.

Genie is known to shape-shift, but a theme that ties most his forms together is that they are either blue or have his trademark beard. Throughout the three feature-length Aladdin movies, Genie transforms 13 times into another Disney character (not counting brief transformations into Jafar, Iago, and Aladdin in The Return of Jafar). These characters include Pinocchio , Jiminy Cricket , the White Rabbit, Pumbaa, Pluto , Pocahontas , Ariel, and Mickey Mouse . He also transforms into Forrest Gump and Mrs. Doubtfire in the third movie. He also used magic to change Jasmine's clothes into the garments of other Disney princesses Snow White and Cinderella. The casting of Robin Williams as the Genie paved the way for the widespread casting of live-action celebrities in voice acting roles. In particular, Aladdin was the first time that a voice actor had been used in marketing as a means of attracting an audience. The Genie is the mascot of DisneyQuest, an "indoor interactive theme park" located in Downtown Disney at the Walt Disney World Resort. Although freed from his lamp, Genie now considers it his getaway place.

If the lamp were destroyed, Genie would still remain with his powers because he's freed, unlike Jafar. One of the bonus features on the 2-disc Special Edition for Aladdin is called "Genie's World Tour," shown in a series of postcards that he sends to Jafar and Iago in their lamp In November 2006, when Alaska Airlines added another 737 to its fleet, it had the Spirit of Disneyland scheme with the Genie as the mascot. He is voiced by Istvan Miko in the Hungarian version, who is also the regular Hungarian voiceover for Robin Williams. Popular independent animator Bill Plympton was slated to design Genie, but he turned down the position. Genie is the only animated character ever to win an MTV movie award (for best comedic performance through Robin Williams) He has a genie girlfriend by the name of Eden. In the first movie, Genie's magical powers were usually represented by silver sparks. In the second movie and the TV series, they were usually represented by blue sparks.

They seem to change in the last movie, being yellow sparks when Genie changes a physical object, blue when he changes his form or vanishes/appears, and silver when he creates something from thin air using magic alone. Sometimes his magical powers are represented by red sparks during songs in all three movies. According to the first and second Disney Aladdin movies, Genie has seen the whole world after Aladdin freed him. This is a bit strange, since he never even heard of many places he and Aladdin been to in the TV series. As the series went on, Genie seemed to developed some sorts of friendly rivalries with Iago and Carpet. The one thing Genie fears the most, is what other free genies fear; a Muktaar. A race of creatures well known for hunting genies. However, he overcomes his fears later on once they become friends. &nbsp Cast revealed for Disney's new show 'Aladdin' Cast revealed for Disney's new show 'Aladdin' MARK KENNEDY Pin it Share This undated publicity image provided by Disney Theatrical Productions shows James Monroe Iglehart, who will play the Genie in "Aladdin," on Broadway.

The show will feature a 34-member cast, new songs by Alan Menken and magic tricks. It will first be staged in Toronto this November until Jan. 5, before it rides a magic carpet to Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre. (AP Photo/Disney Theatrical Productions) More NEW YORK (AP) — When he was a kid, James Monroe Iglehart wished to be a Disney character. When he was 17, he wanted to be the Genie in "Aladdin." Now at 39, he's getting all his wishes. Disney Theatrical Productions on Monday announced the full Broadway-bound cast of the new musical, with Iglehart in the role made famous by Robin Williams, who lent his manic voice to the big blue Genie in the 1992 animated version of "Aladdin." "It took three wishes from the time I was 4 to 39," said Iglehart. "I can't wait.

I am looking forward to this challenge but truthfully I want to have as much fun as I can and ride this bad boy out as far as I can." Iglehart previously played singer Bobby in the Tony Award-winning "Memphis," a role he originated, and made his Broadway debut as a replacement in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." He also played opposite Ashanti in a production of "The Wiz" in 2009. Iglehart, who counts Robin Williams among his favorite comedians, will be taking a different approach onstage than his hero. "It's a little bit of Cab Calloway. It's a little Fats Waller. And it's a lot of me," he said. "I've loved this role since I was 17 and I first saw the cartoon. I just wanted to come at it a little bit different. It would be stupid to try and recreate Robin Williams," he said.

"I know to recreate someone's work is like performing suicide." He'll be joined by Adam Jacobs in the title role, adding to his Broadway credits that includes Marius in "Les Miserables" and Simba in "The Lion King." Jasmine will be portrayed by Courtney Reed, a veteran of "In the Heights" and "Mamma Mia!" As Jafar, actor Jonathan Freeman will be a strong link to 1992 animated film. Freeman, who has been in "Mary Poppins" and "The Little Mermaid," was the voice of the evil Jafar in the film, too. "Aladdin," with songs by Alan Menken, will be directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw, whose previous hits include "The Book of Mormon" and "The Drowsy Chaperone." Bob Crowley, who has a Tony for "Mary Poppins," will design the sets, and Chad Beguelin has written the story and some lyrics. The show will feature a 34-member cast, new songs by Menken and magic tricks. It will first be staged at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre this November until Jan.

5, before it rides a magic carpet to Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre and opens next year. Iglehart recently checked the weather forecast next month in Canada and it said he should expect temperatures of minus-5. "I looked at my wife and said, 'I've never seen minus-anything!' So I'm a little nervous about that but, I've been wanting to go to Canada for many, many years. So I'm looking forward to it." The "Aladdin" story centers on a commoner who falls for the free-spirited Princess Jasmine and has his life change with one rub of a magic lamp. Iglehart said the stage version will be distinct from the movie version, in the same way "The Lion King" onstage is vastly different from the film. "It's going to be its own thing," he said.

"I think people are going to totally love it." ___ Disney's 'Aladdin' to sweep into Broadway Disney's 'Aladdin' to sweep into Broadway MARK KENNEDY Tweet Share This undated publicity photo provided by Disney Theatrical Productions shows Aladdin with a lamp in a scene from the 1992 animated film, "Aladdin." A stage musical of "Aladdin" is riding a magic carpet to Broadway and the president of Disney Theatrical Productions promises it will be "a full-length, big song musical with big dance numbers." Thomas Schumacher said on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, that the final two-act "Aladdin" will build on the 1992 film blockbuster with new songs by Alan Menken, additional characters and, appropriately, some magic tricks.

(AP Photo/Disney Theatrical Productions) More NEW YORK (AP) — A stage musical of the animated film "Aladdin" is riding a magic carpet to Broadway and the president of Disney Theatrical Productions promises it will be "a full-length, big song musical with big dance numbers." Thomas Schumacher said in an interview that the final two-act "Aladdin" will build on the 1992 film blockbuster with new songs by Alan Menken, additional characters and, appropriately, some magic tricks. "If I look around Broadway right now, what I want to see is big production numbers. I want to see lush environments. I want surprise," Schumacher said Friday. "You want a lot of humor, which we will do. And you want heart." "Aladdin" will be directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw, whose previous hits include "The Book of Mormon" and "The Drowsy Chaperone." Bob Crowley, who has a Tony for "Mary Poppins," will design the sets, and Chad Beguelin has written the story and some lyrics.

The musical will first be staged at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre this November for nine weeks with an eye to bringing it to Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre in 2014. "Mary Poppins," which is currently in the 1,797-seat New Amsterdam Theatre, ends its six-year run in March. The animated version of "Aladdin" starred Robin Williams as the voice of the big blue genie and earned $500 million worldwide. The film score was created by Menken and Howard Ashman, with additional lyrics provided by Tim Rice after Ashman's death. Menken won the 1992 Oscar for best original musical score and the film's hit song, "A Whole New World," won a Grammy and Oscar. Finding out how to make the genie come to life onstage was one of the biggest obstacles facing its creators. The answer for Disney was to take him from a shape-shifting blue spirit to a Cab Calloway-styled vaudevillian. "I do feel pretty confident in what we've done with the genie," said Schumacher.

"When you buy a ticket and sit down in a theater, you want the live experience, not a film recreated." He also explained why Disney decided to close "Mary Poppins" even though it has been among the top 10 grossing shows for the past six years and top five for attendance: Its profitability wasn't going to last too much longer. "I could tell that 'Mary Poppins' was coming to a place where it wasn't going to be self-sufficient," Schumacher said. "I can't keep it alive artificially." Projections showed ticket sales gradually softening and the lavish show facing at least a few months in the red; the show would be in real trouble by the end of 2013. "There's a little bit of science, and a little bit of art, and a little bit of plain old experience that you have to use to figure that out," he said.

Disney has some 10 projects in development, including musicals made from "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," ''Dumbo," ''Father of the Bride" and "Freaky Friday," and a play adaptation of "Shakespeare in Love." On top of that, Disney has recently created a new version of "The Little Mermaid" for Moscow and a Spanish-language "Mary Poppins" for Mexico. "Sometimes it's reinventing the shows we have, sometimes it's taking the version we have and putting it into a new language and new culture, and sometimes it's making a new show," Schumacher said. Disney Theatrical Productions hope that "Aladdin" will grant its wish and join its five big hits from seven attempts since 1994 — a profitable list that includes "The Lion King" and the more recent "Newsies." That's way above the 3-in-10 average recoupment of most Broadway shows.

___ Aladdin (1992 film) | Wikicartoon | Fandom powered by Wikia Aladdin was followed by two direct-to-video sequels: The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and an animated television series, Aladdin , set between the two sequels. Contents [ show ] Synopsis The story takes place in the mystical city of Agrabah, which is based mainly on the medieval city of Baghdad , the home of the 1001 Arabian Nights , though it also contains some elements of Indian culture and there are some inconsistencies in the time period. The sultan (who is never given a name) of Agrabah, is secretly being controlled by his grand vizier , Jafar . Jafar, who is also a sorcerer , wants to be the sultan himself and rule Agrabah; to further his goals he has spent years searching for the Cave of Wonders, so he can harness the power of the Genie of the Lamp found within. However, Jafar discovers that only one person, a metaphorical "Diamond in the Rough", can enter the cave.

The sultan, meanwhile, is having problems with finding a prince for his daughter, Princess Jasmine, to marry and Jafar convinces the sultan, by mesmerizing him with his magical staff, that he (Jafar) needs the sultan's ring to find Jasmine a husband. Jafar actually needs the ring to discover the identity of the "Diamond in the Rough." Jasmine, who does not want to be married off, decides to run away disguised as a peasant girl. In the anarchy of the streets, she is saved by a street urchin named Aladdin, though she doesn't learn his name. Meanwhile, Jafar discovers that Aladdin is the "Diamond in the Rough", and he sends palace guards to apprehend him. When Jasmine asks what happened to her savior, Jafar lies to her, falsely reporting that Aladdin had been executed for " kidnapping the princess." Later, Jafar, disguised as an old man, sneaks Aladdin to freedom and takes him to the Cave of Wonders. Jafar tells Aladdin that if he brings back the lamp, he will be rewarded. The Cave admits Aladdin entrance, but only if he touches nothing more than the lamp.

Inside the Cave, Aladdin successfully finds the lamp, but his pet monkey , Abu, loses control and attempts to take a jewel, causing the cave to come alive and attempt to trap them inside. Aladdin and Abu manage to escape with the aid of a flying carpet (appropriately named "Carpet"). Upon his escape, he hands Jafar the lamp, and Jafar decides to give him his "eternal reward", preparing to attack with his dagger. Abu saves Aladdin by biting Jafar's arm, and Abu and Aladdin fall back into the cave as it closes. Aladdin, Abu, and Carpet are all trapped inside the Cave of Wonders. Jafar discovers, to his dismay, that Abu got the lamp from him before they disappeared. Aladdin discovers that the lamp is home to an eccentric genie, who will grant him any three wishes, excluding wishes to force a person to fall in love, to kill someone, to bring someone back from the dead, or to give his master extra wishes, or himself duplicated. Aladdin tricks the genie into getting them out of the cave, without technically wishing for him to do so.

Once out of the cave, Aladdin gets to know his genie, and asks him what he would wish for if he had the chance; the genie says he'd wish for freedom, but that can only be granted if his master is benevolent enough to free him with a wish. Aladdin promises to set the genie free with his last wish. Aladdin, who has fallen in love with Princess Jasmine, is disappointed that he can't wish to make her fall in love with him. However, the law states that only a prince can marry a princess, so he wishes to become a prince. Meanwhile Jafar, who is worried that the princess might have him beheaded after choosing a husband as punishment for supposedly having Aladdin executed, comes up with the idea to convince the sultan to let him become her husband. He later tries to mesmerise the sultan into granting this request with his staff, but is interrupted when the sultan is startled by the noise from Aladdin's approaching consort. File:Palace city.png As "Prince Ali Ababwa", Aladdin returns to Agrabah and, although offending Jasmine by appearing as another typical rich and self-important prince, eventually wins Jasmine's love by taking her on a romantic ride on the flying carpet.

Afterwards, Jasmine tricks Aladdin into admitting he's the street urchin she met in the marketplace . Aladdin however, wants to naturally impress her, so he deceives her by telling her that he really is a prince and had just pretended be a commoner in order to escape the restrictions of palace life. Jafar, who is afraid that "Prince Aboubou", as he incorrectly calls him, may win Princess Jasimine over, ruining his own plans to marry her, wants Aladdin out of the way. He orders the guards to shackle and gag Aladdin. He tells him that he's "worn out his welcome," and a guard hits Aladdin over the head, knocking him unconscious. He comes to when the guards drop him over a cliff into the sea. They have attached a ball-and-chain, so he sinks very quickly. He hits the bottom, and his turban floats down. The lamp tumbles out and he begins to struggle towards it, but passes out before he can reach it. Unconscious, he slides down towards the lamp, and rolls over, causing it to rub against his fingers. The genie appears, and saves Aladdin, using up his second wish.

Aladdin and the genie return to the palace and Aladdin confronts Jafar over trying to have him killed. Jafar uses his staff to try to convince the sultan that Aladdin is lying, but Aladdin, seeing what he is doing, grabs the staff and shatters it. He then shows the sultan that Jafar has been controlling him and plotting against him. The sultan calls for the guards to arrest Jafar, but he manages to escape, and, before doing so, sees the lamp in Aladdin's possession, recognising him as the "Diamond in the Rough". The sultan is convinced that his troubles are over as Jasmine has finally chosen a suitor. All seems well, but the weight of his future responsibilities begins to distress Aladdin. He begins to consider reneging on his promise to free Genie, which severely offends him. Chastened, Aladdin decides to tell Jasmine the whole truth of the matter. Unfortunately, Aladdin leaves the lamp in his chamber and Jafar sends his parrot Iago , to steal it. Lamp in hand, Jafar becomes Genie's next master, and wishes to become sultan.

When the former sultan and Jasmine refuse to bow to him, he wishes to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world. With his new powers, Jafar forces them to bow to him. Jafar then uses his magic to reveal that "Prince Ali" is merely the street rat Aladdin and he sends Aladdin to "the ends of the earth", in one of the palace towers. "The ends of the earth" appears to be Antarctica , or the Arctic or perhaps the Himalaya . Aladdin flies back to Agrabah on the flying carpet, with the intent of reclaiming the lamp. Meanwhile Jafar, who is angry that Jasmine does not wish to become his queen, makes a wish for the genie to cause her to fall in love with him. The genie tries to tell him that he cannot grant that wish, but Jafar does not listen. Jasimine, who sees Aladdin sneaking into the palace, pretends that the wish has taken effect, much to the genie's surprise, in order to distract Jafar. Jafar, however, sees Aladdin's reflection in Jasimine's crown and confronts him before he can reach the lamp.

Jafar uses magic to imprison or transfigure all the good characters other than Aladdin himself so they cannot steal the lamp back. Jafar eventually turns himself into a giant cobra and fights Aladdin. When Aladdin appears to be defeated, Jafar tells Aladdin he was a fool for thinking he could defeat "the most powerful being on earth". Aladdin reminds Jafar he is not the most powerful being on earth, and that that honor belongs to the genie, since he gave Jafar his power in the first place. Jafar decides to use his final wish to become the most powerful genie in the world. Jafar is at first convinced that his new powers will allow him to rule the universe , but he realizes too late that Aladdin tricked him, since as a genie Jafar is no longer free. Jafar, along with Iago, are imprisoned in his own lamp and Genie sends them to the Cave of Wonders. Of course, Aladdin is no now longer a prince and is not elegible to marry Jasmine. The genie insists that Aladdin use his final wish to make himself a prince again, but nevertheless, he keeps his promise and wishes the genie free.

When all seems lost for Aladdin and Jasmine, the sultan decides that, between his loyalty to his genie and his courage in defeating Jafar, Aladdin has proven his worth; the sultan therefore changes the law so that "the princess shall marry anyone she deems worthy" meaning Aladdin and Jasmine can be married. The genie flies away to see the world while the happy couple begin their new life together. Voice cast The Merchant Controversy One of the verses of the opening song "Arabian Nights" was censored because of political sensitivity. Following protests from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee , (ADC) the lyrics were changed in July 1993 from "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home," in the original release to "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home." The new change was seen on the 1993 video release of this title. The original lyric was intact on the initial CD soundtrack release that predated the movie's theatrical release and subsequent protests.

The soundtrack was re-released at the time of the DVD release of the film; on the re-released soundtrack, the edited lyric is used. It is rumored that during a scene in the film, Aladdin whispers "good teenagers, take off your clothes." According to Snopes , Aladdin actually says "good kitty" to Rajah the tiger, only to have a second voice say "take off your clo...." This dialogue is edited in the DVD version, lessening the chance of misunderstanding. Other Disney films have alleged subtle sexual references. Trivia Seven different video games based on the movie were produced. Each one released for the Sega Genesis , Sega Game Gear , Super NES (later ported to the Game Boy Advance ), Game Boy , Game Boy Color , and Sony PlayStation . Robin Williams , the voice of the Genie, also voiced the Merchant. This is because the Merchant was originally supposed to return at the end, revealing that he himself was at one time the Genie but had transformed into a human, but this was changed and the Merchant reappeared during the ending of Aladdin and the King of Thieves . The genie's appearance is similar to that of the genie in the 1940 movie The Thief of Bagdad .

This film also featured an evil vizier named Jafar, and a (human) sidekick to the main character named Abu. The movie was also featured in the video game Kingdom Hearts , mirroring the plot of the movie loosely, but was cut down and altered to fit the game. In Agrabah, Aladdin teams up with Sora to fight off the Heartless invading his home. Princess Jasmine was kidnapped by Jafar and the Heartless, as she was revealed to be one of the Princesses of Heart. Once the Keyhole was seal, Genie joins up with Sora as a summon. A facsimile of Agrabah was also used for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for the Gameboy Advance . The world returns for Kingdom Hearts II , although the story involves more elements from The Return of Jafar .

Some of the original songs before the story was rewritten and half of the characters were cut: "Proud of Your Boy" (suppose to be sung by Aladdin to his mother [who was later removed from the story] while she was sleeping) "Call Me A Princess" "Omar, Babkak, Aladdin, Kassim" "Humiliate The Boy" (sung by Jafar, cut as it was considered too cruel for the film) "High Adventure" "Count on Me" (which was something Aladdin sung to his friends and family, which was changed to "A Whole New World". Rough versions of "High Adventure" and "Proud of Your Boy" can be found in the Special Edition Soundtrack. Vocal doubles were used for the singing voices of the three major characters—Brad Kane for Scott Weinger (Aladdin), Lea Salonga for Linda Larkin (Jasmine), and Bruce Adler for Robin Williams (The Merchant), although Williams did do his own singing voice for the Genie. In 2003, Disney's California Adventure opened "Aladdin--A Musical Spectacular," a stage show based on the movie.

The show has been quite popular due to the fact that while roughly 90% of it is scripted, the dialogue of the Genie constantly changes to reflect popular culture of the time. The show also carries an additional song by Jasmine that was cut from the movie "To Be Free." See also

Question: Who provided the voice of the genie in the 1992 animated film Aladdin?
Answer: Robin Williams